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October 20, 2010, 7:29pm
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Although this type of training has no place in any sport at any time, let’s not jump to conclusions about the system based on the “video”. Regarding child cruelty, let’s video tape the extremely physically underdeveloped/underprepared grade school kids at their two-a-day football camp during their “conditioning drills”, or the 5th grade pitching phenom competing “year round” and visiting the local ortho (not Dr. Andrews) to get Tommy John, or how about the overweight high school volleyball player who’s parents think its a great idea to do P90x’s “ploymetric” video for a couple weeks prior to her competitive season- a season that ends up lasting a mere 2 weeks due to her needing an ACL reconstruction. Let’s video all of this and put it on youtube and show all the Chinese coaches and hear what they have to say about the American “system”. Different social/political/economic motives and cultures. Take the system for what it is, and leave out the social bullshit – Good post Mladen, it should remind us to never point the finger.
I agree. This is not the evidence. There is always bad things happening in every system. That’s why we must not take things for granted neither for good nor for bad things. Good post!